I can confirm that the Canon off camera cord works On the Olympus (510) and at
a
fraction of the price.
Have been using it it this configuration for over 2 years as well as using it
on
my Canon.
Regards
John Duggan,
Wales, UK
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From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Braun <cygnus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, 27 November, 2010 8:08:51
Subject: Re: [OM] Hot shoe connector for E-1?
I think this is what you're looking for
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/238212-REG/Olympus_200707.html>
B&H also sells an equivalent under the Dot-Line name at a much lower
price. There are no product reviews for that one but there are reviews
for the Dot-Line equivalent for the Canon cord. Some reviewers are
perfectly pleased while others complain of connection problems so
suspect some QC trouble there. Some also say that Canon's own off-shoe
cord is a functional replacement for the Oly cord. Oly uses 3 contacts,
Canon uses 4 and thus can sub for Oly while Oly can't sub for Canon. I
have a Canon shoe cord but no Oly camera to try it on. Canon's own shoe
cord is now on version 3 so may benefit from some long customer use and
feedback into engineering changes. I only have the original version 1
which was reputed to suffer from cables being pulled out of their
sockets by overly energetic photogs. Mine is fine. You'd have to be a
gorilla to break it but I guess some folks are. So, the Canon version 3
is good but is costs quite a bit more than the Oly
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/498744-REG/Canon_1950B001_OC_E3_Off_Camera_Shoe.html>
Dr. Flash
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